The USDA announced $121 million in funding for critical infrastructure to combat climate change in rural America. Agricultural credit conditions remained strong in the second quarter.
China will be increasing imports of American agriculture and energy products and will seek to address U.S. protection concerns about intellectual property.
**The need for high-speed internet in rural America is getting increased attention from the White House and Congress as they look at passing a sweeping infrastructure initiative next year.
But rural communications carriers are trying to draw attention to a huge hurdle toward expanding rural broadband, a shortfall in financial help from the Universal Service Fund run by the FCC...